Public Speaking Worksheet: Clear Pronunciation

Public speaking lesson 6: Clear pronunciation · Set 502 · 40 questions

Speaker's tip (Beat by beat): Open your mouth, keep a steady pace and finish every word ending. Warm up with tongue twisters. Clap the syllables: speech (1), speak·er (2), mi·cro·phone (3), pre·sen·ta·tion (4), pro·nun·ci·a·tion (5). Silent letters: k in knife and knee, w in write and two, b in climb and debt, t in listen and castle, h in honest and hour, l in calm and talk, g in sign.

1. 1.Which word has a silent t? (a) reign (b) design (c) glisten (d) sign
2. 2.🔤 Does opening your mouth well help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
3. 3.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “teacher”?
4. 4.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knife”? (a) b (b) k (c) t (d) w
5. 5.📖 You are not sure how to say a name in your speech. What should you do? (a) guess it on stage (b) mumble it quickly (c) skip the name (d) ask and practise it
6. 6.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) tongue twister warm-ups (c) dropping word endings (d) chewing gum as you talk
7. 7.🔤 Does tongue twister warm-ups help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
8. 8.🔤 Does a steady pace help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) helps clear speech (b) makes speech unclear
9. 9.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) dropping word endings (b) saying word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) guessing a hard name
10. 10.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “folk”? (a) k (b) l (c) t (d) g
11. 11.🗣️ Saying “goin” instead of “going” is an example of… (a) correct stress (b) clear speech (c) dropping word endings (d) a good pause
12. 12.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “principal”?
13. 13.Which word has a silent w? (a) rhino (b) wrist (c) half (d) design
14. 14.Which word has a silent h? (a) half (b) hour (c) knot (d) knife
15. 15.🔤 What is a clear way to say a long new word? (a) whisper it (b) skip it (c) say it in one rush (d) break it into syllables
16. 16.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) mumbling into your chest (b) opening your mouth well (c) breaking long words up (d) saying word endings
17. 17.👅 What is a tongue twister used for in speaking practice? (a) learning new maths (b) testing your hearing (c) warming up clear speech (d) making people sleepy
18. 18.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “calm”? (a) h (b) g (c) l (d) k
19. 19.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) guessing a hard name (c) opening your mouth well (d) mumbling into your chest
20. 20.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “fasten”? (a) l (b) t (c) p (d) b
21. 21.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) covering your mouth (b) checking names first (c) chewing gum as you talk (d) guessing a hard name
22. 22.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “listen”?
23. 23.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “conversation”?
24. 24.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “topic”?
25. 25.🔤 Does breaking long words up help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
26. 26.Which of these helps clear speech? (a) rushing long words (b) dropping word endings (c) covering your mouth (d) a steady pace
27. 27.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “information”?
28. 28.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “island”? (a) h (b) p (c) g (d) s
29. 29.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knot”? (a) h (b) w (c) k (d) b
30. 30.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “knob”? (a) p (b) b (c) h (d) k
31. 31.👏 Clap and count: how many syllables (beats) are there in “loud”?
32. 32.Which word has a silent l? (a) raspberry (b) sword (c) honest (d) talk
33. 33.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “sign”? (a) k (b) g (c) l (d) h
34. 34.Which of these makes speech unclear? (a) covering your mouth (b) saying word endings (c) a steady pace (d) opening your mouth well
35. 35.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “half”? (a) l (b) s (c) h (d) k
36. 36.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “answer”? (a) t (b) l (c) h (d) w
37. 37.Which word has a silent w? (a) knee (b) rhino (c) debt (d) two
38. 38.🔤 Does saying word endings help clear speech or make speech unclear? (a) makes speech unclear (b) helps clear speech
39. 39.Which word has a silent t? (a) debt (b) listen (c) aisle (d) write
40. 40.🤫 Which consonant is silent when you say “yolk”? (a) g (b) b (c) w (d) l

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